The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09


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Millions OF .millions Of dollars Of the bss.
WINS the story that came down 20 Civilization.
sH e men Henry huS Scs S Ss
handed, big footed and big hearted. He could
sna BE Sr a s Ss q hs ssson
or Quarter secti9n as ieweller can put value
SanSets or coyerns ana pne oG Scuss Tor p
was better than Q bond. They told him 81
grent Trees IN tne interior. ana ne plunged into
Down DO went to Pennsylvania to see the
the Giant pnss sRat whout Knot
soft that The lumber would be- worth 100 per
pine found anywhere Else in tbs fair land. soy
,pennsylyania iumbermen arc mighty smart
Thar6er s y"rnne 1 90 6esares %
q brayny man from, Yankee land, and IN. a
sa %s ssg s RSp sRd
had settled around q huge saw mill on the
day, put out nearly $1,000. 600 FEET q lumber
ss the sds 4l Rs some
sSst d!ssriss IS joy asbSsIs But &s
ayor Marcy and tS asy say that ee could a
draw his check for couple OF millions and
brother. law, Judge Trnax, has got q hand
VA laying the foundation Tor bigger future
psop S OF &aSanna besa to take pride
that there we're Billions Of feet Of Tho finest
Pine lumber In the world there: and that the
money to the acre than the proud lower part
OF the State. But the lumber mills are making
great havoc With these noble pines, and at the
H. maa n ensii orests W." 10 ''fpp'a Oh
worthless s Ss Is s Sss M ss
In the gh.toned lower peninsula.
Somebody who knew iron was wandering back
from the little harbor where the pious Father
Marquette established many years ago. his
The eyes Of this man saw something in tho
soil that excited him. He dug and tested. and.
a frs th s fss he S
sse' % @ a. and new York W
Iron. splendid Rematite ore billions of tons
Of 1t, inexhaustible, easy to mine. ehoicer ore
close close to water I commnnieation By the great
lakes to Cleveland or Chicago.
Tnsn Gsa sar RH 4 1t We're ss
the tom ' COLOSSAL 20 a
%sa into Sussss o9yD oE N when s iss
hung heavy and the dismal hooting Of the big
dsy and sfe ngSt the busy mem and
rushed about. Great barges and three'-masted
schooners received tons and tons, Of this
iou a COKE furnaces dotted eyer1 Kill
Down into the bowels Of the earth at Ishpeming
sHa ssFsSSsss ss TSse
became bustling little settlements. The Indian
% then
Heaven and He'll The dsspised upper PENN.
to scorn. It had millions Of money growing
on its surface, and many millions more buried
ssa When new YORK cap tia got ther
dividends they regarded 1t as the choicest spot
Of this long despised region. There juts out
from one portion OF 1t q lsng and slender
Chippewa and the more savage Sioux had
many o tussle with the tonahawk and scalp
on s this dreary tongue we're evidences Of copper.
and many and tireless were tho searchinEs to
lind the M was there tn tps
surface, where was the end Of the true vein
False leads were discovered. to the cost OF
Boston. fonder of brass than OF iron. put its
money into these copper ventures. and SO did
now tell ON that little Keenewah Peninsula Is
that young Agassiz put on his speetaGles and
Se 'e days
settlsrs cabin. and tRhis settler kept pig One
snout under the root OF shrub near small
Sas Ths ho oassa
out the true vein, and the prodigious wealth
Of e st s9a
N this wilderness, and near by others with
10000 more Copper pure. some Of It
e. ess L The heaE aers to ~ %ns
thousands Of feet here and there under
1 mnS ssrh The se xxo up the
up fly wheel big enough to reyolye In an orbit
s d q 20 the s f hsy the
matsrs o The Rsr and
duse 50 G n Il
the surface. They built railways and cut e
canal the 50 ss TIE Rsu tn
passing through It. and their stock was worth
far more than its weight in. pure gold. and
s set than the face Of their STOCK e wa
Only two or three mines in America have
queer discovery. Digging far down below the
soil that centuries nave ACCUMULATED. they
came upon mans workmanship OF ages ago.
not the secret Of It. They found that some time
in the long ago men knew OF this copper. and
ness OF steel That is an art that cannot be
matched to-day. and when the secret Of doing
1t was known 1t is likely that Moses had not
yet been discovered In the bulrushes
Silver Is always found near copper. and sill
YER is found there. and the wise men declare
that any day It may be found in bonanza guam
titles Deep down under Lake Superior doubt
less these copper and silver veins extend.
That il briefly the story of the once despised
upper peninsula. and 1t is story which has
been deyeloped within comparatively few
years. It is the richest SECTION Of its size be-
some respects it Is the grandest
These are some of Its peculiarities- 1t Is the
home OF Jay Hubbell. Here he got his wealth
and his Influence and here he lost it. Some q
the people there say he deserves more credit
for teaching them how to get angle worms
than for any OF his other achievements.
Angle worms don't grow there, and few Of the
people care TO catch trout with flies. Mr.. Hub
worms be brought from theAower regions Of
sprout like mushrooms in the dark. This was
done. and when the sportsmen want angle
is the way Postmaster General Villas gets his
The climate is an Inconsistency in winter.
work In THAR ahtrt sIeavas bacauaa thew